The Sacred Heart Sr. girls volleyball team competed in the 4A girls south regional playoffs this weekend in Lumsden. The Lady Saints first match of the day was against Carnduff. SHHS seized control early in the match with strong passing and attacking winning 25 - 12 and 25 - 14. In the second match SHHS faced Lumsden. The Lady Saints struggled to gain momentum against the very tall Lumsden squad, losing 17 - 25 and 19 - 25.
With the loss the Lady Saints were second in their pool and had to play the first place team Oxbow from the other pool. Oxbow the Provincial champion for the last two years looked to a big test for Lady Saints. The first set did not disappoint. An intense match that saw Sacred Heart and Oxbow tied at 19 and again at 23. Strong serving, and a solid outside attack by Morgan Shymanski and Kristen Jonassen along with solid defence saw Sacred Heart win 25 - 23. The second set saw Sacred Heart take an early lead to win 25 - 17 and advance the Regional final.
In the final SHHS again faced Lumsden. in the first set Lumsden jumped out to an early lead and never looked back winning 16 - 25. In the second set Lumsden again took a sizeable lead but the Lady Saints worked hard to close the gap. strong serving by Taneisha Roussin and some huge blocks by Hanna Hansen helped the Saints win 25 - 19 to force a third set. Lumsden took control of the set early and winning 25 - 12. With the second place finish the Lady Saints advance to Provincials for the second straight year. The Lady Saints will travel to Assiniboia for the 4A Provincials this weekend.
